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MOBILE, Ala. – Cole Gleason delivered a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 10th inning to lead the Jaguars to a 2-1 win in game two over Troy to even the series at one game apiece.

With two outs in the 10th, Bud Collura reached on a single back up the middle of the infield, and advanced to second on a wild pitch from Troy right-hander Jeremy McGowan before Gleason delivered the game-winning hit and scored Collura from second.

USA right-hander Brandon Hallford (2-0) earned the win with 2 1/3 scoreless relief innings and did not allow a hit while striking out one Troy batter to run his scoreless-innings streak to 15 2/3 innings. McGowan (1-2) took the loss in 1 2/3 relief innings, allowing one run on two hits with three walks and a strikeout.

Jaguar southpaw Locke St. John tossed 7 2/3 innings, and allowed one run on seven hits with five strikeouts without surrendering a walk. Troy left-hander Shane McCain allowed one run on five hits in eight innings pitched, and struck out two batters against a pair of walks. Neither starter factored in the decision.

Troy (10-8, 1-1 SBC) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second when David Hall reached on a leadoff single through the left side of the infield, advanced to second on a groundout to shortstop by Matthew Howard and scored on a two-out RBI single to left field from Nick Masonia.

USA (10-8, 1-1 SBC) answered in the bottom-half of the second when Collura reached on a leadoff single to center field, and scored one batter later on a double off the left field wall by Gleason to tie the game 1-1 and snap McCain's streak scoreless-innings streak at 15.

Hayden Jones reached on a two-out double to left-center field in the bottom of the sixth, which broke a string of 12 consecutive batters retired by McCain and was the first hit the left-hander allowed since the second inning. Collura followed with a two-out walk, but McCain induced an inning-ending fielder's choice off the bat of Gleason to preserve the 1-1 tie.

Clay Holcomb led off the Troy half of the eighth inning with a single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and was put out at third when Jaguar catcher Matt Wojciechowski retrieved the ball near the visitor's dugout and fired to Collura at third for the second out of the inning. Hallford entered in relief of St. John following the second out of the frame, and retired the one batter he faced on one pitch to end the inning.

Cameron Cummings pinch-hit in the bottom of the ninth and reached on a one-out walk issued by McGowan, and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Ballew. Wojciechowski was intentionally walked ahead of Drew LaBounty, who drew a two-out walk to load the bases. But McGowan escaped the jam with an inning-ending groundout to second to send the game into extra innings.

Gleason went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two RBI to lead the Jaguars at the plate, and Collura finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored. David Hall went 2-for-4 with a run scored to lead the Trojans at the plate.

The series finale was suspended in the bottom of the fourth inning with Troy leading 3-1, and is scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. Sunday at Stanky Field.

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